Seeing as today is my birthday, I thought I would give you all an extra post - my 100 favorite albums from 1983. 1983 is one of my favorite years for music, as evidenced by the nearly 1800 songs on my iPod from that year alone.
I started with the initial list of three hundred and thirty four albums from 1983 that I reviewed last year (click here for that list). This was a tough list to whittle down and rank as 1983 was another big year for music for me. The end result is a list with which I am pretty happy.
If you click on the name of the album titles, you can link to my blog post for that album (all of these were reviewed by me for their 30th anniversary celebrations last year).
100 Steel Breeze - Heart on the Line
099 Tavares - Words and Music
098 Sister Sledge - Betcha Say That to All the Girls
097 the Plimsouls - Everywhere At Once
096 Sparks - In Outer Space
095 Toni Basil - Toni Basil
094 Ray Parker Jr. - Woman Out of Control
093 The Rolling Stones - Undercover
092 The Romantics - In Heat
091 Quarterflash - Take Another Picture
090 Paul Young - No Parlez
089 Re-Flex - The Politics of Dancing
088 Pat Benatar - Live from Earth
087 Red Rockers - Good as Gold
086 Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
085 Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack - Born To Love
084 Big Country - The Crossing
083 UB40 - Labour of Love
082 Night Ranger - Midnight Madness
081 Translator - No Time Like Now
080 the Tubes - Outside Inside
079 Mary Jane Girls - Mary Jane Girls
078 Let's Active - Afoot (EP)
077 the Weather Girls - Success
076 Quiet Riot - Mental Health
075 Tears For Fears - The Hurting
074 Loverboy - Keep It Up
073 JoBoxers - Like Gangbusters
072 The Little Girls - Thank Heaven!
071 Slade - The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
070 the Motels - Little Robbers
069 Sheena Easton - Best Kept Secret
068 Bow Wow Wow - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
067 Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife
066 Stray Cats - Rant N' Rave With the Stray Cats
065 Kenny Rogers - Eyes That See in the Dark
064 Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart
063 the Belle Stars - the Belle Stars
062 Herbie Hancock - Future Shock
061 Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
060 Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
059 "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Weird Al" Yankovic
058 Meat Loaf - Midnight at the Lost and Found
057 Jackson Browne - Lawyers In Love
056 the Kinks - State of Confusion
055 The B-52's - Whammy!
054 Styx - Kilroy Was Here
053 Men at Work - Cargo
052 the Waitresses - Bruiseology
051 the Fixx - Reach the Beach
050 U2 - War
049 Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
048 Teena Marie - Robbery
047 ABC - Beauty Stab
046 Matthew Wilder - I Don't Speak the Language
045 Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than the Speed of Night
044 Elton John - Too Low for Zero
043 Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money
042 Shalamar - The Look
041 John Cougar Mellencamp - Uh-Huh!
040 Laura Branigan - Branigan 2
039 Eddie and the Cruisers (soundtrack)
038 Rick Springfield - Living in Oz
037 Rick James - Cold Blooded
036 Tracey Ullman - You Broke My Heart In Seventeen Places
035 Haysi Fantayzee - Battle Hymns for Children Singing
034 Flashdance (soundtrack)
033 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Album
032 Yes - 90125
031 Journey - Frontiers
030 Genesis - Genesis
029 Was (Not Was) - Born to Laugh at Tornadoes
028 ZZ Top – Eliminator
027 Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
026 A Flock of Seagulls - Listen
025 Yaz - You And Me Both
024 Roman Holliday - Cookin' On the Roof
023 Bananarama - Deep Sea Skiving
022 Irene Cara - What A Feelin'
021 Def Leppard - Pyromania
020 Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger
019 Oingo Boingo - Good For Your Soul
018 Human League - Fascination!
017 David Bowie - Let's Dance
016 Police – Synchronicity
015 Staying Alive (soundtrack)
014 Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
013 Wham! - Fantastic
012 Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
011 The Pointer Sisters - Break Out
010 Midnight Star - No Parking on the Dance Floor
009 Ministry - With Sympathy
008 Thompson Twins - Side Kicks
007 Thomas Dolby - Blinded By Science
006 Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
005 Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
004 Heaven 17 - the Luxury Gap
003 Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
002 Madonna - Madonna
001 Spandau Ballet - True
As always, I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Feel free to give me your top 10 albums from the year too.
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